Reactions to Socks as a Christmas Gift by Calendar Age:
0-3: blurb nurg (eats socks)
4-12: oh, socks
13-18: (SIGH) socks are you FUCKING serious
19-39: oh thank god, something useful, thank god
40+: Warm feet are the solitary joy remaining to me in this dark and fallen world
There are enough well written songs that you could spend your life singing other people’s music. Or you could take the risk of learning to write music and sing the song that only you can write.
I wish shaving off my beard felt like pulling back carpet in an old house and finding gorgeous original wood floors.
But it feels more like pulling back old carpet and finding a strange misshapen man living underneath that you have to live with for the next 2 and a half weeks.